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Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 5-1-2009 The BG News May 1, 2009 Bowling Green State University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news Recommended Citation Bowling Green State University, "The BG News May 1, 2009" (2009). BG News (Student Newspaper). 8088. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/8088 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License. This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the University Publications at ScholarWorks@BGSU. It has been accepted for inclusion in BG News (Student Newspaper) by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@BGSU. .HEARD PAGE 8 The 50 most influential names, entertainers and newsmakers of the 2008-2009 school year Friday May 1,2009 Volume 103. Issue 150 WWWBGVIEWSCOM Two players leave basketball team WFAL makes transitions Redshirt junior Niki McCoy leaves after her scholarship was not renewed, while online WFAL Falcon freshman Victoria McGowan leaves University in pursuit of more game time Radio has begun By Andrew Hamer reestablishing itself statement. tests (21 starts). Sports Editor McGowan, a freshman, left the She was suspended for three as an online radio team on her own terms following games on March It) following a station | Page 3 Niki McCoy and Victoria a season in which she only played Citation she received March 4 for McCiowan have left the lalcon in a little over half the teams two counts ol operating a vehicle women's basketball program, games under the influence and having There is never coach Con Miller announced She does plan to transfer to an open container of liquor in her a dull moment! yesterday. another school, and Miller said vehicle. McCoy, a redshirt junior, decid- he is helping her through the Junior |en llhl replaced McCoy Travel columnist ed to leave the program alter transfer process. in the starting lineup for the Alison Kemp had a being informed her scholarship "I am actively helping Victoria remainder of the season and is few surprises this week would not he renewed for the search for a new opportunity the favorite to continue the role in Austria when she 2009-10 academic year. as she seeks additional playing nexl season. She was given the opportunity time.'' Miller said in a written I here is no indication that started having to avoid to remain on the roster as a non- statement. We ail wish her well incident was the reason McCoy's stepping on slugs and scholarship player, hut dec lined. in her future endeavors." scholarship was not renewed. monitoring her Internet "We are disappointed that Niki McCoy, who transferred from McGowan came to the Falcons CHRISTINA MCGINNIS has elected not l<> play for us next Akron before lite 2007-08 season. as a player Miller had high hopes usage | Page 4 IEAVIN': Ma McCoy, a redshirt |unior. has decided lo leave the women's basketball team after season, hut we wish her well as played one season for the falcons learning ha scholarship was noi renewed for the ne»t school year. It is unknown if this 6 because of an she works toward finishing her averaging 13.2 points and 5.5 BASKETBALL I Page 2 Mother nature ncident f March where she was cited lor operating a vehicle under the influence and open contain* degree," Miller said in a written rebounds per game in her 31 con- says it best Columnist Jason Kane believes that people III.nint) ran hn don» can learn a lot from by f"ttin<j th« I.-It State depositories li..mil.-I..ti (null wd« the cycles that occur naturally in nature WV/WW.VIIW | Page 4 BLt'k k*y r. for h*qHio*n for .» tlnw»r ip*#d , (am Yoiio- forced to cut back . .- - . A Two more ..m <|-i i«|i to 8 mph R«rl K#y la fa irfv— <->< F ' l >p»)rt 0W AI\4 «-*n qo up to 13 rwph notches in the ■ losses column ir.» ini)v« forward. lh# ririv»r or operator on materials, books rriii-.l laUfl ttifttr h<viy wri-jlit foiwjrd hiit After losing two games . ^ ... -i. V. t. i* ». .i. i ,. By Heather Linder "Our depositories in a row to Notre Dame \t In- lc.tM.nl Inwjrd th# !>..< V Reportei on Wednesday, Falcon are pretty much The NortInvest Ohio Regional baseball will take on \b* i. i mutt b« Book Depository has found itself Ohio University today pUr.«d in rh» ranitur full in the state." •>l rt»» .i tpi.lni'1 in a bind. at home | Page 6 I>I. .<(.,.m The Depository, an ofl cam Atwood | u)ean of Libraries pus storage facility that houses high-value, low-use materials Atwood, pays for the titles and from the University and the ships a large portion of them to University of Toledo libraries, is African countries iii need. quickly running out of space. Burying the books or throw- In order to combat the situ- ing them in a dumpster is not an 0R ANOTHER ation, library and depository option. Atwood said. administrators are developing "We'll continue to look at plac- a plan to eliminate superfluous- es that will recycle or repurpose ness. materials lo places that need Located in I'errysburg, the l hem." Bushong said. "We spend With a new Segway on the force, Northwest Ohio Regional a lot of time analyzing what kind Depository is one of five deposi- of materials we have and who campus police are becoming more mobile tories in the state of Ohio. They could best use them so we never are all funded by the Ohio Board make real snap judgments about By Kelly M.tx of Regents to facilitate nearby the materials we have." Campus Editor public institutions. According to While some students may the Associate Dean of libraries currently be unaware of deposi- Students looking to stir scandals or curious campus at the University Sara Bushong, tories' existence, Atwood and capers beware: The University Police have a Segway. the elimination process will be Bushong are confident the A Segway is a two-wheeled, self-balancing trans- collaborative effort among all changes in the works will make portation device, according to www.scgw-ay.com. It five depositories. research easier and better serve can IK' used in any terrain or pedestrian environment, "It is a statewide endeavor, all library patrons. except stairs. It is lightweight and runs off electricity ... and we see that continuing Besides just keeping the through a I ithium-lon battery as opposed to fuel and having more conversations depositories from becoming Sgt. John Shumaker, of the University Mice, said together," she said. overcrowded, future plans will this particular Segway wasn't being used when it was According to the Dean of allow more journals to be turned Who was your donated roughly two years ago. Bonnie Fink, director libraries at the University favorite celebrity of of the Center for Teaching & Learning had it at the Thomas Atwood. the deposito- See BOOKS | Page 2 ries will be working to cut each the school year? time and handed it over for police use. "I think it was just sitting in a closet somewhere,'' individual volume down to Shumaker said. "When we got it we had to have the three copies: one lor circulation, tires filled and take it to the Segway store in Toledo for one for scanning and one for t he a system upgrade." archives taking into account all I le said the Segway would be perfect for the cam- oft he universities in Ohio, there pus because it is lightweight, can operate on grass or could be seven or eight copies of sidewalk, through doors and even on elevators, mak- a single volume, he said. ing it handy for the diverse buildings. "Our depository's are pretty MICHAEL GOINGS THE PROBLEM: It can also travel up to 12 mph, so if there was an much full In the state," Atwood Freshman. Musical Theater According to Thomas Atwood. the instance where they would have to chase someone, said. "That's problematic dean of Libraries at the University, "Kanye West, because they could maneuver and catch up much easier than because the original goal of the the depositories will be working to his beats make me feel on ioot or in a vehicle. Ohiol.INK program statewide cut each individual volume down "I have seen videos where police have used a was to not only build a very good lo three copies: one lor circulation, so fresh" | Page 4 Segway to direct traffic, because they are about nine way to share resources bul a way one lor scanning and one for the inches higher and easy to see," Shumaker said. "I think that we wouldn't have to add archives. Taking into account all of that would help us during events where we can look additional bricks onto academic the universities in Ohio, there could above everyone and make for easier patrol." libraries." be seven or eight copies of a single lie added when the two-wheeled saroterwasgiven. In addition to clearing space, volume, he said. it wiis an instance of traincr-training-the-trainer. in the depository administra- TODAY which link would teach him to use it and he would tors will also take on the task THE SOLUTION: AM Clouds/PM Sun then teach a select few officers. of determining the fate of the 'Our depository's are pretty much High: 68. Low. 41 The officers could either volunteer to brave the discarded books.